mounted troops
Soldiers on horseback
Mounted troops are soldiers who fight from horseback or other animals, or in modern usage, from vehicles.
The term distinguishes cavalry and similar units from infantry, who fight on foot: The mounted troops swept across the flank while infantry held the center.
- lancersSoldiers with long weapons
- hussarsFast-moving mounted soldiers
- cavalry chargeArmed riders attacking en masse
- skirmishersLight troops in loose formation
- horsemenPeople who ride equines
flankers · light cavalry · Cossacks · mounted infantry · cuirassiers · horse soldiers · troopers · reconnaissance · chargers · outriders · warhorses · vanguard · barding · chasseurs · carabiniers · horse archers · knights · scouts
- cavalrycavalry, cavalryman, cavalry brigade, cavalry charges, cavalry officer
- military forcesarmy, allied forces, soldiers, troops, coalition forces
- military animal transportationwar elephants, pack mules, camel cavalry, horse cavalry, carrier pigeons
- military unitsarmy, battalion, squad, brigade, company
- militiamilitia, citizen soldier, colonial militia, citizen soldiers, state militias
- Union ArmyUnion Army, federal troops, bluecoats, Army of the Potomac, regulars
mode of mobility
mounted troopsinfantry
Ground combat troops
foot soldiers · ground troops · light infantry · footmen · ground pounders